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Gabby Logan recalls how joining TV industry led to ‘self-destructive’ lifestyle: ‘I wasn’t in positive relationships’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro
Gabby is now in a good place.
Gabby has been working in TV since 1996 (Picture: BBC)
Gabby Logan has reflected on her decades-long career in television and how it led to moments of ‘self-destruct.’
The 49-year-old started out in local radio while studying at university before being recruited by Sky Sports in 1996.
Since then, she has hosted the likes of the UEFA Women’s Euros and the Commonwealth Games on the BBC in 2022, and appeared on Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof, presented by Holly Willoughby and Lee Mack.
Outside of TV, Gabby has also competed internationally as a gymnast and was placed 11th in rhythmic gymnastics representing Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
With her career flourishing, Gabby moved to London where she said her life changed.
She explained: ‘There was a bit of self-destruct. I wasn’t abusing drugs [and] I wasn’t worried about becoming an alcoholic, but I didn’t treat myself very well.’
Gabby added to the Radio Times: ‘I wasn’t in positive relationship.’
Gabby is now in a good place (Picture: TIMMSY / BACKGRID)
The presenter, who now hosts a variety of events and shows for the BBC, said that if she had not pursued therapy she would not today be married to her husband, former Scottish rugby union player Kenny Logan.
She said: ‘I don’t think I’d be married. I wouldn’t have allowed myself to be in a nourishing relationship.’
Gabby has been married to Kenny for 21 years (Picture: Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover)
Kenny was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year after his wife urged him to get checked.
On BBC Breakfast in September, he said he underwent surgery to have his prostate removed and that he is ‘90% back to normal’ and had had ‘no symptoms whatsoever.’
Gabby said on the show: ‘I think that was the shocking thing for both of us. The day before he went in for his operation…he’d done a bike session, he had no pain, he had no symptoms, and to go in and have surgery – it’s a really invasive surgery and it obviously takes a long time to recover from, you’re gonna feel a lot worse after it!
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‘But [we’re] very, very lucky.’
‘Extremely luck,’ Kenny agreed.
Gabby and Kenny have been married since 2001 and share their daughter Lois and son Reuben.
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